Special EducationMeeting the Needs of All Students
Universal Design for Learning
UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html
National Center for Learning Disabilities...
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities. http://www.ncld.org/about-us
The MATH DITTOS 2 series is a unique, fact supported approach to teaching computation. Each page in the series presents a limited number of problems with plenty of workspace. The facts necessary to complete each problem are always presented on the page in a fact reference and practice section. The MD2 series currently consists of three "workbooks" published as computer documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format http://www.mathdittos2.com/index.html
Science Writer
A free online writing tool that is designed with the principles of Universal Design for Learning to explicitly guide and support middle and high school students through the process of writing a science report. Science Writer helps students choose and master research-based strategies for writing. http://www.cast.org/learningtools/science_writer/index.html
Free Govenment Resouces
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.
More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly http://free.ed.gov/
Universal Design for Learning
UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs http://www.cast.org/udl/index.htmlNational Center for Learning Disabilities...
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.http://www.ncld.org/about-us
Progress Monitoring..
Progress monitoring is used to assess students’ academic performance, to quantify a student rate of improvement or responsiveness to instruction, and to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class.http://www.studentprogress.org/
http://rti4success.org/progressMonitoringTools
http://www.progressmonitoring.org/
http://www.mciu.org/Divisions/SpecialEducation/EarlyInterventionOverview/ProgressMonitoringTools/tabid/296/Default.aspx
Math Resouces
The MATH DITTOS 2 series is a unique, fact supported approach to teaching computation. Each page in the series presents a limited number of problems with plenty of workspace. The facts necessary to complete each problem are always presented on the page in a fact reference and practice section. The MD2 series currently consists of three "workbooks" published as computer documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF formathttp://www.mathdittos2.com/index.html
Science Writer
A free online writing tool that is designed with the principles of Universal Design for Learning to explicitly guide and support middle and high school students through the process of writing a science report. Science Writer helps students choose and master research-based strategies for writing.http://www.cast.org/learningtools/science_writer/index.html
Free Govenment Resouces
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.
More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly
http://free.ed.gov/
PSSA Practice website
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/PSSA-Modified-guidelines & frequently asked questions
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/special_education/7465/assessment/607491PSSA ACCOMMODATIONS
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/testing_accommodations___security/7448